I went to the RMAS and heard the Adagio in all 3 rooms that had them,including both the Adagio and Adagio Monitor in Robert's room. I also own a pair of Adagios. All 3 rooms(Triode Corporation, Balanced Power Technologies, and Robert's AZ + ModWright Instruments)shared that natural, organic, sounds like real instruments sound. So, a few more thoughts: These speakers (both floor standing and monitor)sound so good that you simply have to hear them to believe it. I sat to the side in Robert's room and watched the visitors. They were the most toe-tapping, grinning, dancing group you ever saw. In nearly all the other rooms, I would see people straining to answer the question "What am I hearing?" "Is it great bass, mid, treble, dynamics, etc?" In the AZ rooms you just saw grins and body parts moving. They are gorgeous. Again, you have to see them. Pictures don't come close. They compete successfully against all comers at any price point, but especially against some of the megadollar designs that try so hard to be new and innovative, and fail to please because of their extremes. The AZ is very innovative (circular ribbon, hand made by Robert, underhung motors, transmission line cabinets, single crystal AZ wiring, each pair listened to by Robert before shipping) with all of this aimed at natural, undistorted, fidelity. What a bargain.
